PHYS 5393 Introduction to General Relativity and Gravitation
This graduate course introduces Einstein's theory of relativity and other topics in the field of gravitation. Topics covered are the Principle of Equivalence, Introduction to Differential geometry and tensor analysis. Also studied are physics on curved manifolds, Einstein's equations of General Relativity, exact solutions of Einstein's equations, the Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions, Black Hole Physics and Cosmology, Gravitational radiation and its detection.
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